Author's note. So i just recently hit over 300 followers. I'll be honest this is by far my most popular story and while I admit I haven't been updating as much as I like, it's still good to know so much people are still supportive of it. I'm trying to keep it at a monthly update schedule so hopefully that works out.
Thanks again and enjoy the chapter.
"Okay let's go." Flare said as she turned on the movie screen.
Four years ago.
"Here we go again." Tomura said.
"Dude just give it a break, this is something we should be used to by now." Dabi told him.
"That doesn't mean I'm supposed to like it." Shigaraki shot back.
"You see my dear Izuku you can't actually win or lose a game of chess, it just doesn't add up to our reality"
"I hate chess. It's too complicated." Shigaraki complained.
"And yet you remember the entire plot of the Hearts Kingdom." Toga told him. "Seriously between the cloning, the time travel and the weird bloodless heart monsters I find that so confusing." She added.
"I played each game and paid attention. You can't just read a synopsis and expect to fully grasp everything." Shigaraki told her.
"But- I'm winning right now" Izuku examined the board for a minute, as Sensei wasn't answering "Am I ?"
"You are indeed "winning", but consider this, do you really think your soldiers would sacrifice themselves so another one can kill his assailant Let's play the game this way right ? Now you can't move any pieces on a case where they would get killed during the next turn"
"S-sure"
"He does have a point." Nezu remarked. "The will to live is a very fickle thing and to just give your life up on whim for someone else can be either seen as suicidal or heroic."
"I'd argue it's all about knowing when to do it, why you do it and if it really is the only option left." Aizawa said. "But I know that not always the case."
Izuku thought that this new rule would not change the situation that much, but after only two minutes he was already blocked, and so was Sensei.
"It's a draw ?" He finally asked, in response All for One chuckled and crossed his arms, laying back into his chair.
"So the neither win nor lose." Momo noted.
"That's not it." Midnight answered. "A draw doesn't mean neither side won or lose but really it means both sides lost. They both failed there objective in conquering the other."
"As I said you can't win such a game, however it still doesn't add up to reality, your soldiers do not have emotions, convictions, thing that you can exploit in order to push them to act"
"This doesn't sound really heroic"
"Not necessarily." Stain pointed out. "Exploitation is something that has been going on for centuries however it's all about how you view it. You all aren't aware of it but the hero system itself is an exploitation of quirks." The hero killer said. "Before quirks, heroes would essentially be like cops, where they would go out of their way to help people because they were just that selfless. The main difference is that cops still got paid but it was dangerous job nonetheless so no one would really went for it unless they were really selfless or desperate." The hero killer informed earning some surprised looks from the students, teachers and even some villains.
"He's right." Overhaul added. "Without quirks everyone was on equal footing. The only thing really separating the yakuza from the police was really nothing more than the laws and legal rules of the system. In some case public perception saw them as similar forces with their being case of police oppression similar to gangs. However with quirks the society developed a hero complex. What was originally seen as mundane and dangerous job quickly became something that could make you rich and famous with the Government's development of the hero system."
"Remember when I told you about emerging as a leader ? Well that's how it works, any living being will always act for his own interests and there is no greater interest than life"
"You are telling me this as if I didn't care about other people's lifes"
"That's the problem, you are putting the interests of others before yours, one day this will get you killed"
"It certainly got quite a number of them killed." All For One whispered to himself.
"You can't say that" Suddenly Sensei stood up, tearing apart two cables which were currently connected to his mask.
"I can ! Because I know how this world works, and I'm trying to make you see it for what it is !" Izuku's shocked and scared expression interrupted All for One, the former villain slowly sat back into his chair "I-I had a brother you know ? And-" he stopped "Nevermind, you should just go home now it's getting late"
"Oh boy." Nana and Inko said as they stared at the brothers. This was going to be one of those types of episodes.
"S-Sensei I-"
"Just go home, I have made enough mistakes for today"
Izuku grabbed his school bag, Sensei wasn't moving anymore Izuku had noticed that All for One didn't like when he would not agree or question his teachings but on the other hand Izuku saw that he liked to encounter a bit of resistance. In the end he wasn't really angry against him nor was Izuku toward All for One.
Present time.
Villains.
It had to happen one day after all, but Izuku never thought that he would have to be confronted with this kind of situation at U.A. even less during his first weeks.
"How did they get here ? Shouldn't there be some kind of alarm ?" Asked Izuku to Thirteen.
"There is no electricity, one of them must be using their quirk to do that" answered the pro still watching the plaza with Aizawa as the villains were deploying themselves all over the U.S.J.
"Denki, try to use your quirk and contact the school ! Everyone go back to the bus now !" Ordered Aizawa.
"There is no way you can just go against them on your own, I know it's your job but that's still suicide at this point !" Izuku knew that in a way or another this wouldn't end well.
"I know ... but if I do not act now everyone will suffer, now just go" Aizawa put on his goggles and ran toward the plaza.
Eraserhead smiled a bit to himself. Now that he got to see the situation he realized something. He was acting just like Loud Cloud would have. Heck it was almost exactly the same situation except instead of rubble, he was holding back the villains. He was just glad despite the injuries he had help and was able to make it back alive. If he had died that day he was sure his old friend would have teased him about it in the afterlife.
The students looked stunned, seeing their teacher running right into the villains was impressive, he was strong, really strong, and at the same time everyone knew how it might or would end.
Izuku saw Thirteen, they were shocked, anyone would be but as Aizawa said they had to act now and Izuku knew what he had to do next "you heard him, let's get out of here quick ! We have to call the teachers !"
Thirteen stared at Izuku, she had to say something but she couldn't leave Aizawa either, the students were her priority.
"Quick follow me !" ordered Izuku as he ran back the other way "Denki do you have anything ?"
"Nothing I'm completely lost right now !" He showed up his phone, at the same time he was powering it but it would instantly shut down "But if we get far enough I might-" as they were running the mist that appeared earlier on the plaza showed up between them and the exit.
It was hard to describe but the thing standing between them and the exit was a person, with a teleportation quirk, that's how they got in, that's how this villain managed to get here so quickly.
"I'm sorry but I cannot allow you to leave right now" it said, soon the mist was wearing armor parts and had a pair of eyes.
A mutation quirk, or at least a quirk that allowed this villain to completely change his body.
"Kurogiri, do you have a human form underneath all the mist?" Toga asked.
"Yes." The mist villain answered.
"Can I see it?"
"No."
Out of nowhere Thirteen showed up between the students and the mist villain pointing her fingers toward it, she didn't attack for a moment as she didn't know exactly if the villain feared her quirk or not. She had to act now, if this villain could transport anything which get through his body who knows what he was about to do to the students.
"Everyone take cove-" most of the student had already reacted before thirteen even said anything, however one student didn't.
"DIE !" Katsuki jumped in the air, propelling himself with his grenade gauntlet, he was aiming for the mist man. Izuku felt his legs crumbling, Katsuki was insane, if he used his gauntlet here he might hurt the students and Thirteen, once again he acted without thinking.
"Did that actually happen?" Aizawa asked sternly.
"Well sort of." Kirshima said. "In our reality, both me and Bakugo jumped him." He said nervously.
"Are we sure I can't transfer to that dimension?" Eraser whispered to Mic.
"Pathetic" the villain expended his body, absorbing Katsuki in the process, because he was in the way Thirteen couldn't use her quirk and it gave him a perfect opening to attack the class, Thirteen wouldn't risk to use her quirk as she didn't know if Katsuki was still in the mist somehow.
Izuku ducked along with the other students, he expected to her hurt, some students screamed for a moment but then evrything became silent, when Izuku looked up, more than half of the class was gone. Only Hanta, Tenya, Ochaco, Kyoka and Thirteen were still here.
"I must thank this brat, he really helped me here, without him I'm not sure I would have been able to stick to our plan" chuckled the mist villain who stood in the same position between them and the exit.
"What have you done to our friends ?!" Asked Kyoka.
"I sent them away, our associates are going to take care of them, do not worry, hopefully their death will come quickly" fear turned into anger and anger into rage but after seeing everyone disappearing in about ten seconds Kyoka and the others could only feel powerless.
Even Eijiro who had been ready to follow Katsuki didn't feel like he could put on a fight now.
"You-" Thirteen immediately activated her quirk, the villain was being sucked but he still didn't show up if he was being affected or not.
"Your quirk is amazing ... however, just like the other kid you aren't very smart"
"What are you-?!"
It was terrible, in an instant half of Thirteen's costume was gone, sucked by their own quirk, the villain opened a portal right behind the pro.
"The fabric of space when you begin to manipulate it can be a rather confusing concept." Kurogiri said. "Although admittedly I'll will say I was sloppy as well. Had I opened the portal facing the students, I could have easily killed them with her power or at least incapacitated them."
"It's the worst- k-kind of-vi-villlain" they whispered as they fell on the ground.
"Now, you are all going to stay here until our target arrives"
"Everyone" Izuku made sure that the villain wouldn't hear too much of what he was saying "we can't help thirteen right now, if we try to approach her the villain will attack us, he is slow so as long as we keep some distance we are safe"
"Where are the others ?!" Asked Hanta.
"He sent them somewhere else inside the U.S.j. I don't think he was lying about that part, if he wanted to kill us right now he would have done that during his first attack, this villain wasn't here for us, or at least not yet, they have a target"
The villain chucked "we do, now tell me, you look like the leader here, do you mind telling me where is All Might ?" He asked Izuku.
"All Might ?! You are here for All Might ?" Izuku had to be very careful about what he would say, if this villain didn't plan to kill them right now he definitely had the power to do so "Is he your target ?"
"No we were there for a rescue hero and virtual nobody. Off course we were after All Might." Tomura yelled at the students.
"Well to be fair Tomura." All for One pointed out, "Going after All Might is a feat most would consider to be impossible or totally insane they would think you were just all talk especially since it was debut."
"I suppose you do make a point, Sensei."
"Yes, now how about you answer my question ?"
Izuku noticed that Tenya was moving away, he had to distract the villain as long as possible.
"He isn't coming" Izuku simply answered, hoping that the villain would also ask why or look confused.
"No, you are lying, the schedule we stole clearly said that All Might would be present"
"The schedule ? Then this morning- no you are not the one who destroyed the door, but you are definitely working with them, that was your plan right ? To steal our schedule and attack All Might when he would be far away from U.A." Tenya was far enough, the villain didn't seem to notice him "That's the perfect occasion, All might and his students in a secluded area without any means to call the other heroes, a calculated attack"
"You figured out all of this by yourself, I'm impressed but I want answers now, give me the reason of his absence"
"Simple, he is a hero, maybe he had some work outside and he couldn't be present, I guess in a way you miscalculated"
"No I'm pretty sure he was just being irresponsible." Aizawa told them. "If you're going to be a teacher you have to commit to your students as well. Especially when you know there are always other heroes around who work full time." He told the Symbol of Peace.
"To be fair…I'm pretty sure most of my successors have that issue." One For All told Nana.
"Well most of them didn't exactly plan his injuries. I'm willing to bet had your brother not crippled him, he would have kept going till he was too old and then looked to choose a successor." Nana responded.
"You little-" the mist man expended his body toward Izuku and the others, Izuku was right, he was very slow, too slow to possibly reach them before they could run away.
"TENYA NOW ! GO FIND THE TEACHERS" yelled Izuku at his friend who activated his quirk and flew toward the exit.
"No !" The mist man tried to turn around but he was already engaged toward Izuku and the other students, and even if he tried to open a gate in front of Tenya the student was too fast for him.
"I guess that's another miscalculation" added Izuku.
The mist man didn't respond, instead he looked at Izuku for a moment and then he disappeared.
"W-where did he go ?!" Asked Ochaco.
"Hopefully he is announcing to whoever is the leader that someone managed to escape" answered Eijiro.
Hanta ran to check on Thirteen "Gosh, there is no blood but- I'm not sure we can do anything to help" the others approached, Thirteen body was "missing" the size of her costume was misleading.
"Just out of curiosity does anyone know what Thirteen actually looks like out of costume." Mic asked.
"Ummm nope." Power loader answered. "Heck I didn't even know she was a lady until recently."
"Wait Thirteen's a girl!" Twice said in surprise having over heard the heroes.
"L-let's try to take her to a safe place, we have to find the others and inform Aizawa that Tenya managed to escape" It went better than Izuku expected, but behind a problem there is another one. As he stood above Thirteen's unconscious body he imagined how bad it could have been, or who might be at her place.
"They could be anywhere, what if he simply sent them away from the USJ ?" Argued Hanta before a massive ice formation appeared around the earthquake section.
"SHOOTOO." Endeavour said in a rather proud moment as he saw his son no doubt beating down the villains from afar. Shoto frowned whether it was from his father's somewhat embarrassing display or his own personal disdain.
"He dispersed us to handicap the heroes, we aren't potential targets but if we die then- ... Hanta can you try to use your quirk and close up Thirteen costume ?"
"Yes, it's clean enough, it won't make things worse, at least I hope so" Hanta gesture for Eijiro to help him so he could hold thirteen in position while he was using his quirk.
"Good, Ochaco try to locate everyone and tell them to meet us here, avoid the mist villain at all cost, we don't went to end up dispersed again ... or worse"
"I can use my quirk to keep this area safe, if anyone get close I will hear them and- well I'm not sure but I might be able to tell whether or not it's a villain" explained Kyoka.
"Fine, then-" Izuku looked at the plaza, Eraser Head managed to beat almost all the villains, only nine of them were still up, Izuku saw the mist villain standing next to a mastodon. He couldn't call this "thing" human, or barely looked like a mutation, the top of his head was missing and he could clearly see his brain.
"The interesting thing is that it's weakness is literally right there exposed and all." Gregar commented. "I mean seriously the brain is the thing in control of the body and most functions. If you hit that thing hard enough you could either kill it despite regeneration or at least scramble it's cognitive functions and memories."
What was even more disturbing however was the fact that they didn't even try to help another villain to fight Aizawa, they were just waiting like good pieces on a board of chess.
"I prefer having them wait. Waiting always means they could move faster next turn." Shigaraki said.
"If we try to interact with Aizawa we would just handicap him, we have to find the others right n-" as Izuku was trying to organise the situation everyone heard a crashing sound, when they looked toward the plaza the black creature had moved, and it was now holding Aizawa's head against the ground.
"Fatgum, Dabi, Shoto." Flare called.
"We're covering her eyes and ears, don't worry." Fatgum told them. Well Dabi and Shoto were blocking Eri's vision and hearing.
Eraser Head looked completely incapacitated, Izuku saw the red lights from Aizawa's quirk but the creature wasn't affected, maybe because it was a mutation?
"You know you don't need to have a strength quirk to smash someone's head into the ground." Rappa said. "Just workout regularly, pump some iron and eat some nice protein rich food and bam you get yourself some muscles."
"We have to do something!" It was Ochaco "we can't just let him get killed!"
"Ochaco this thing is strong, very strong, and none of us can deal consequent damage in combat, beside even if we tried anything right now we would be outnumbered.
"So we are just going to let him die?"
Let him die?
Four years ago.
"Don't even say it Tomura."
"It's time we talk about my brother"
"Oh boy." Shigaraki thought. If there was one thing Sensei didn't like was talking about his family. His emotions were always so mixed with them, sometimes it would be sad but others he would just seem angry or apathetic.
"Ah, yes you mentioned him when-" Izuku stopped; he had no intention to remind Sensei of their little conversation of a few weeks ago.
"In fact it's about something I regret and I think this story might help you later, you should take a seat it might take a long time"
"That's okay; I told my mother that I would be visiting a friend, though she didn't look reassured"
"She must really love you then haha" Sensei got more comfortable too in his big seat, he brought his hands to his mask and Izuku heard a click.
He immediately looked at Sensei but he couldn't see his face as he was sitting in the dark, however Izuku perceive what looked like veins all around his head.
"B-but you aren't supposed to take it off!"
"No but my doctor isn't here to say anything and I'm getting tired of carrying this thing around" All for One dropped the mask at his feet "It was a long time ago, that seems obvious but-" Sensei paused "you know I'm way older than I look right ?"
"Y-you never really told me b-but I guess that yes" muttered Izuku.
"Good, at the time I was exchanging quirks, the process wasn't that simple, sometime it was very dangerous, it's during that time that I was- expending my influence, my brother well, he didn't agree with my methods, he thought that I was abusing of my power. In a way he was right, but with such a power I could do anything, I could finally shape this society as I wanted"
"You couldn't accept that he wasn't on your side"
"That's one way of putting it." One For All said.
"It was confusing, we used to do everything together, read comics, sometimes "borrow" them for an "undetermined" amount of time hahaha" Sensei progressively stopped smiling "then quirks came into our life, I was gifted with unlimited power while my brother had nothing."
"I didn't have nothing." One For All told him.
"He was quirkless?!"
"Yes, I don't know if that's what pushed me to-to-"
"To- no, please tell me you didn't" Izuku had guessed this part of the story too.
"I forced a quirk into him, I proposed at first, for a long time, I couldn't understand exactly why he was absolutely against my plans, and he didn't even try to listen each time I wanted to explain how I wanted to change the world."
"No I listened, but your methods and mindset for it was all wrong." One for All told him.
"And you had a better way about going about it." All for One asked him.
"Off course. We would have done it just like we always did it before." One For All answered.
"And how are you sure that way was correct. If I remember correctly we spent years going like that with no real change." All For One told him.
"Are you sure about that, because I distinctly remember we did a lot of good." One For All told him.
"He was quirkless, my brother was the best places to understand how unfair this society his, and yet when I offered him the power to change it alongside me, he refused"
"You forced a quirk into him, you did that because you thought that maybe he might change his mind"
"It was a mistake, he tried to kill me" Sensei rubbed his face.
"Okay before you say anything I suppose I did technically try to kill you as well." All for One admitted.
"No technically it was your followers. They saw me as threat and tried to end me and seeing as they followed your orders I assumed you sent the order and retaliated." One for All explained.
"B-but he failed right? I mean, you are still alive, did-did he do that to you?"
"That's- that's more complicated than you think, but yes we ended up fighting, more than once and each time I won" All for One rubbed his forehead "I'm telling you this story because you look a lot like him, and no I'm not talking about your physical appearance in fact you-you look a lot like me"
"Oh crap." Inko and All for One thought.
"Wait what?" Izuku said in surprise as he turned to look at the villains. Everyone in the room followed suit looking between the two.
"You know now that I think about it, Tomura actually looks the brother in a way as well." Toga pointed out.
"Wait what?" Tomura said as he looked at All for One's brother. Luckily for them Nezu was quick to try and deflect the situation no matter how amusing and awkward it looked.
"Let's just watch out this chapter and then we'll clarify this later." The principal said as he managed to try and break the tension.
"Yeah let's get back to the show." Flare told them. "And avoid the complicated plot development stuff." She whispered to herself.
"You are trying to make me see your point?"
"Yes, because each time we disagree on something it feels like a stab in my hearth, each time I can see my brother in front of me, I don't want to make the same mistakes, but I can't let you follow the same path that my brother did either"
"Oh boy." Dabi said. "You could have sworn Izuku was All for One's secret love child or something." Dabi said.
"Well no, he's All Might's." Shoto said. "I just need to get evidence first to prove it."
Izuku didn't feel manipulated or influenced at this time, he couldn't, All for One had done so much for him and not once Sensei tried to hurt him or turn him into a villain, he only wanted to help him to become a good person, someone who can do the right thing.
"One day I'm sure you will become the strongest person on this planet, someone capable of turning his dreams into reality no matter how hard it is as long as you believe in yourself"
"C-can you tell me more about your brother?"
All for One chucked and put back his mask over his head "maybe another time, I think it's enough for today"
"Hanta, I need some tape"
"Wha-Uh sure but why?"
Izuku turned around and smiled "I'm going to do something stupid and save Aizawa"
"Kid when have you ever not done something stupid?" Mt. Lady asked.
"What?!" They all yelled together, Izuku in response only smiled even more.
"You just said that it would be stupid to attack them right now!" Argued Kyoka, still checking for movements around them.
"I noticed one important thing, they do not know about our quirks, look" Izuku pointed his hand toward the ice structure "Shoto was sent to an open area the perfect place to use his ice, if they knew what type of quirk he had they would have sent him somewhere else, like the fake volcano zone, at least half of his quirk would have been neutralised, I think"
"Izuku just tell us what you are going to do! We can't leave you alone with the villains, what if they catch you?!" Pleaded Ochaco.
"I'm going to bluff" in fact Izuku meant that he was about to enter a no man's land blindfolded.
"Oh please. I'm not that dumb." Shigaraki said.
"Well actually…"
"Toga don't you dare finish that statement."
"You can be stupid sometimes…and smart."
"Dang it Twice."
"Tssss this is getting boring, where the hell is All Might ?" Asked a man wearing a weird hand covering his face to Aizawa.
The creature above him increased the pressure "I-I won't-" it increased again without receiving any order.
"Kurogiri, your report"
"Everything is going as planned, the students are disorganised and our units are taking care of them but-"
"But?" Tomura Shigaraki glared at Kurogiri under his hand mask.
"One of them escaped" the leader didn't twitch "at least now All Might has a reason to come here, and even if he does it's already lat-"
"Kurogiri if you weren't so useful I would turn you into a pile of dust right now" Kurogiri did not fear Tomura so much, he was used to such behaviour, however he still wanted to avoid his leader's tantrum "anyway, I guess we can always tarnish his reputation, how about we kill a student or tw-"
"Twenty…I was going to say twenty." Tomura clarified.
"That's the entire class size." Mineta remarked.
"Exactly."
Something was approaching; Kurogiri spotted the black and green color moving from the corner of his eye.
Izuku Midoriya, back at the entrance he didn't recognize the kid from Sensei's description, but once he appeared as the leader it was so obvious, still now he had another problem the kid was voluntarily putting himself in danger, was he as stupid as the other one ? No, Izuku must have had a plan.
"Well I guess you are the first one" Tomura grinned, Kurogiri knew what was about to happen "Nom-"
"Wait, you don't want to do that" said Izuku slowly walking toward them, he managed to peak Tomura's curiosity.
"And why? My Nomu could just crush you right now"
Izuku was terrified under his forced smile, this man wasn't only confident; he looked devoted and extremely calm at the same time.
"Haha…calm he said." Toga laughed.
"My quirk is called "suicide bomb", I can detonate myself by igniting a certain type of cells in my body and the best part is that I can regenerate in about one minute without feeling any kind of pain."
"Really that's what he's going with." Twice stated.
Kurogiri noticed that Tomura's expression changed, now he was serious, Kurogiri didn't know much about Izuku but what he just said was confusing, at the same time it felt like a childish lie, but on the other hand the Nomu standing next to them could regenerate after being injured by about anything so far.
"Come on it's just a kid, let's make him bleed guys!" One of the villain with a mutation quirk lunged at Izuku.
So predictable, nothing really special about this mutation, just a big mass of muscle with two pair of arms. Izuku prepared the piece of tape Hanta gave him and as the villain tried to grab him and tied up one extremity of the tape around the villain's arm and moved around him.
One of the disadvantage of being physically strong you become very slow, unlike most of the pro heroes who have a strength enhancement quirk the villains aren't smart enough to work on their speed.
Sensei was right, villains outnumber heroes but they do not last long.
"What the-" surprised by Izuku's speed the villain tried to take off the tape from his right arm, that let the time for Izuku to jump on the villain's back and tie the other extremity of the tape around the villain's neck. It wasn't very heroic but he didn't have the intention to kill him, maybe just make him suffocate until he loses consciousness.
He was strong yes, but in such a position the villain couldn't do anything, not even reach Izuku, the other villains around him took a step back as they saw their comrade collapse on the ground.
"Anyone else wants to try ?" Izuku couldn't hide his satisfaction to see the fear on the faces of the smaller creeps, now he had all the attention for himself.
Aizawa weakly looked at his student, he recognised this movement, not only did he saw Izuku use it during All Might's exercise but he had improved it, he recognised his own moves. But that would not save him for long, he had to try anything and- The creature increased the pressure again, making him cry out of pain.
"So what ? If you detonate yourself now, your dear friend over here will be caught in your explosion right ?"
"Yes, but that's also were it gets interesting, you try to attack me, I explode, obviously you are using Eraser as an hostage, you might not want to lose him"
"Okay I'll admit I never understood that about hostage situations." Gregar said. "Yes the person may die but killing the person isn't going to change the fact that the villain is still going to be wanted. Heck whenever I deal with hostage situations I always make clear that if they do kill the hostage, I'll give them no mercy at all and that they would be better off just letting the person go if they don't want to suffer at all."
Tomura started to scratch his neck with one hand "What the hell do you want? Can you go die somewhere else ?"
"Well no, I have come to bargain"
"No…you're suppose to say 'Tomura, I've come to bargain.' " One for All said.
"What did I say about the pop culture references?" All For One said.
"You're not the boss of me."
Bargain ? Bargain with what?" asked Kurogiri, Izuku had nothing and Tomura would never accepted to bargain with anyone, first because of the situation he was in and second because he was too stubborn to even try.
"Bargain ? Tsss, you have already lost-"
"No, as I recall you said that your goal was to kill All Might right ?" Tomura glared again at Kurogiri for a second.
"Yes"
"And he isn't here, so I would say that you are the one losing, the more you stay the less you have chances to win against him, beside you can't even be sure that he will show up"
Now Tomura was annoyed, the scratching intensified "You really think I'm dumb enough to just leave like that ? I don't care about the lower creeps who came with us? They can die or get arrest it doesn't matter"
The said creeps around Tomura turned toward him, obviously their leader had crossed some kind of line.
"Okay first, that's a stupid move on my part. Second I don't think that way about you guys and third that never happened in our reality." Tomura defended himself when noticed his League looking at him.
"He's telling the truth." Gregar and Flare vouched.
"What the hell was that ?! I didn't sign to be a human shield !" They complained "bring us back right now ! If that's the plan then I'm out" most of them activated their quirk "hey mist guy ! Teleport us now ! "
Tomura stopped scratching "do you want to die ?"
"I'd rather die than spend my life in prison you sh-" the creep was silenced by a massive hand grabbing his throat, as he was attacking Tomura the Nomu moved and caught the assailant during his charge.
"Well then you will serve as an example for the others" Izuku had to act now, while they were all distracted, the Nomu wasn't restraining Aizawa anymore, he could escape with his teacher.
"Yeah this version of Tomura is a lot scarier." Twice noted. "And more villain like."
"N-no ! NO ! NOOOOOO-!" The creep agonized until a crack was heard, the Nomu dropped the body on the ground, his neck was completely snapped.
The other villains took a few steps backward, one tried to run away but with a simple gest of his hand Tomura had already asked the Nomu to make another example.
"Anyone else wants to give it a try ?" He asked with a sharp satisfaction, with a silence as the only response he turned back to where the student was standing, however the student was now running away, with Eraser Head on his shoulders.
"Catch" he whispered
Izuku had reached the stairs, he was almost out of reach, or at least that's what he thought, something whistled at his hears, Izuku looked on his right.
The strange creature was running next to him, it screamed and smashed the ground with both of his fists with such strength that Izuku lost his balance. This thing was not human, not anymore, it was just savage, but what was even more terrifying was its strength and speed.
He fell to the ground, head first, it hurt, Izuku had to move now or else-
"Bring back" The leader of the villain was so far away and still Izuku managed to hear the order, now he understood, this thing was just some kind of obedient dog.
"Was this made like…." One for All asked but his brother interrupted.
"No, the Nomus are made from corpses, they aren't necessarily alive anymore and they most certainly weren't bred. I may be a villain but even I wouldn't commit those kinds of atrocities." All for One answered.
"Um do I want to know." Nana asked.
"Hopefully you never will." One for All said.
The Nomu seized him by the throat, he was holding tight but not enough to hurt him, after all his master never said that the creature was allowed to hurt him.
Izuku brought his hands to the arm of the Nomu's but as he made contact with the skin of the creature he felt a void, just like with All for One, not as deep, far from the but it was enough to destabilise him.
This creature had multiple quirks, that's how they were going to fight All Might, the Nomu was their weapon.
"Do you think any of them ever felt that?" One for All asked his brother.
"Who?" All for One asked.
"We both know before you started your evil empire, you passed your own quirk to others willingly and they returned it. Hell If I remember correctly Stock was actually a pretty frequent user of All for One combining all of the team's powers with his stockpile to fight off stronger opponents." One for all said before a sinister smirk formed on his face. "And let's not forget Blaque."
"Who's Blaque?" Inko and Nana asked.
"A black haired, royal tsundere who once wielded the power of AFO." One For All said. "Believe it or not she actually had a crush on my brother."
"You left out about her sister Alpha as well. I recall she had a crush on you as well."
"No she didn't."
"Blaque and I caught you two making out in alley."
"That's." One for All bit his tongue. He didn't need to say why they were in that alley.
"So wait you actually lent out your power before." Nana said in surprise.
"It was a different time then." All for One said.
Still under the shock Izuku stopped struggling now he was being brought back toward the centre of the plaza, as if he had exchanged his position with Aizawa.
"I admit it you are a very annoying little pest, but I guess that if you didn't use your suicide quirk it's only because you were bluffing, that's cheating" stated the leader still keeping a very calm tone, Izuku saw his hand moving"but it ends here" The Nomu restrained Izuku by grabbing both his arms behind his back.
"Mu-multiple quirks, that's your plan to kill All Might ! B-but how is that possible ?!"
"Oh, you noticed, Nomu was created with only one purpose, ending All Might's life, ending the era of the symbol of peace, I can't tell anything about his powers however, but I guess you will discover that soon enough once All Might arrives" the leader looked toward the position where Aizawa was when Izuku was caught by the Nomu, two students ran down the stairs and grabbed their teacher's body "well, I guess that's a switch then, I'll enjoy breaking you in front of All Might" he grinned again "that's what I hate with you heroes, you are always so stupid, throwing you lives away for nothing, as if you could do anything right now"
"I didn't come because I thought I could win" answered Izuku.
"What did you hope to achieve ? You wanted to save him ? I'm sure you had no idea of what would happen"
"To be honest-" Izuku stopped, right now he was just trying to buy some time, Tenya had left since at least ten minutes, at this point he reached U.A and he was alerting the teachers "I don't care about him, he is a trash, I lied earlier yes, I'm quirkless"
At first the leader only raised an eyebrow under his mask, then he chuckled and finally he laughed "Quirkless ? Hahaha, they let someone like you inside? That's the best lie I have ever heard"
"I'm not lying" Izuku answered back with a serious tone which made Tomura stop instantly.
"Really?"
"Yes, I don't care if he lives or die, on my first day at U.A. he literally told me that if I handicaped the class I would be expelled, and for the second day I was almost excluded from All Might's class because I don't have any individuality, so yes I don't care about him, in fact I thought that maybe I could convince you to stop this"
"That's still useless, I will slaughter as much people as I need to kill the symbol of peace, and I certainly don't care about a bunch of studen-" Kurogiri looked toward the water area and Tomura saw his movement "well looks like you really want to die today"
Tsu and Mineta, they were sent to the water area, why did they have to go near the plaza ? Izuku was unable to do anything, he struggled as much as he could but the Nomu was simply too strong, the creature didn't flinch at all.
"come out come out, I'm just here to kill you" Tomura walked slowly toward them, but they didn't move, why ? Hiding was useless Tomura had already seen them "They are not even fun, let's just rush this" now he was running straight toward them, extending his right hand.
"Please, someone he-"
Three years ago.
"W-where are we going ?"
"We are paying a visit to my brother, you can go home if you want, I'm not forcing you to-"
"Wait a minute….do you?" One for All asked.
"Yes." All for One answered. "I visit each one."
Tomura watched closely. He had seen the different graves but that was a long time ago when he was still a child. He recalled distinctly this one though.
'"I'm coming"
"Well, grab my hand would you ?"
Izuki carefully grabbed Sensei's hand before a big mass of black goo appeared out of nowhere to engulf them.
When Izuku opened his eyes once again they were in a small garden, Izuku looked around him but he couldn't see any building or hear any sound that he would usually hear in the city.
"We are far away now right ?" He asked.
"Indeed, but not too far, or else we wouldn't be able to go back" All for One was already standing in front of a weird shaped stone, despite what Izuku had expect this place was well maintained "I don't think he will ever forgive me, he didn't in life, how would he in death ?"
"in-in death ?" asked Izuku confused.
The brothers were strangely silent now. No snarking at each other no nothing. Just watching the scene unfold.
"Don't mind me, I wouldn't say I'm a believer but to some extent I do know a thing or two, tell me, what's written on his tombstone ?"
Izuku walked next to Sensei and read
Everyone's eyes widened when they saw the writing on the stone.
"Go beyond, plus Ultra ? But that's-"
"U.A.'s motto yes, surprising right ? Coincidences defy all sciences, my brother belived that a hero would always be able to balance the destiny in their favor and overcome any obstacle, in a way that's how-that's how he-" Sensei gasped a few times.
"Are you alright ?"
"Yes, I'm fine, it's funny to think that words can give so much power, well after all they do constitute a weapon, a dangerous one"
Izuku didn't answer, he and Sensei stood silently in front of the tombstone for a moment.
"One day, I hope you will be able to scream those words as loud as you can, and maybe that day you will be the one working to change this world"
"Wow that's…"
"U.A.'s motto."
A lot of feelings were being processed by the students.
"Do you think we should tell them that Spain came up with it first?" Flare whispered to Gregar.
"Nah let's just let them live with the shock." He told her.
Kurogiri didn't have to join Tomura, he could perfectly handle two students. Even if their death would hurt Sensei's protege Kurogiri couldn't do much, at least he could stay close from the Nomu and make sure that the doctor's weapon doesn't try to-
"G-go beyond-" Kurogiri heard a whisper.
Izuku manage to free one of his hands, he placed it against the Nomu's skin and pulled, it was terrible, too much power at the same time, he couldn't take everything, this creature's mind was completely messed up.
The Nomu screeched, for once it reacted to something else than pain "plus-" Izuku kept pulling until he was free "ULTRA !"
As if he had those powers since he was born, Izuku said their names in his head.
Speed enhancement, strength enhancement, reflexes enhancement.
"So he did take the Nomu's quirks." Tokoyami noticed. "But not the most known one, regeneration and shock absorption."
"Damn it." Tomura cursed.
"Well that's the end of that one." Flare said. "Now we're going to the special clip and I think we might need to move Eri out of the room and possibly AFO and OFA." She noted. "The exit is over there." She said as she pointed the door that materialized.
"Wait why are we supposed to leave?" All for One asked.
"You've already sold out so much on us." His brother added.
"Two words…ripped plushie." Flare said. Without missing a beat both brothers up and scrammed much to everyone's surprise.
"I swear we make them less and less credible every chapter." Gregar said as he walked to Eri.
"Probably but they don't need a panic attack right now." Flare said as she watched the wolf take the little child away.
"Umm what exactly are we going to see?" All Might asked out of concern. All for One and One for All behaved very out of character just now. In fact one might even say cowardly which didn't fit their profile. One was a courageous hero who fought till the end and the other was the most diabolical villain on the planet. For them to freak out something bad must really have happened.
"Now if we told you then it would ruin the surprise now would it." Flare said wickedly. "But let's just we're going to see the person who taught All for One all he ever needed to know about instilling fear into an individual." She said as she started the clip.
It opened up with trio of Stock, kid AFO and kid OFA playing games.
"Well this doesn't seem so bad." Tenya said. "There just playing games."
"Will you stop spamming with Lucas?" One for All complained as he held is controller tight.
"Sensie…how could you…I never thought you would been able to stoop so low." Shigaraki said in disbelieve.
"Really…that's what shocks you about him." Fat Gum noted.
"It's not my fault you're a noob." All for One teased back as he kept playing.
"You guys knock it off." Stock told them as he played as well.
"Well this seems perfectly normal." Nezu said.
"Oh just you wait." Flare told them.
The three boys were busy playing a game of Smash bros. in the living room.
"There is a game called Smash bros." Jirou noted.
"Yes believe it or not that word existed before All Might." Shigaraki told them.
At first Stock was in the lead but then AFO started to overtake the two of them by spamming one character. The trio kept playing but soon they heard a sleepy sounding voice.
"Who is that?" Toga asked.
"All done." A young girl said as she entered the room holding quite a bit of plushies. Stock was the first one to notice, followed by the other two boys. "Tada." She said holding up the stuff toys. "I made them myself…what do you guys think?" She asked.
"Well they do look really nice." Inko noted as she turned to her remaining partner. "What do you think?" She asked.
"Well they certainly are well made." Nana answered.
"Wow are those us?" One for All asked.
"They look incredible Iris." All for One told her.
"Well I do love making plushies of all my friends." Iris said happily as she sat them down. "I only made a few so far. There is one of Stocky, one of OFA, one of AFO, one of Gege and off course one of Big sis." She smiled.
"Anyone else find it weird that we are seeing a plushie of a young All for One." Present Mic noted.
"And here I thought we couldn't get any weirder." Power loader answered.
"They look so cute." Mina said.
"What about everyone else? Didn't you make any for them?" Stock asked.
"I'm still working on those but this the first bunch." She told them.
"Okay." They told her. "Do you want to play?" OFA asked.
"No thanks." Iris said as she sat down. "I'm just taking a break for a while but I can sit and watch." She told them.
"What was the trigger word Flare said before?" Izuku pondered. "Something about ripped plushies." He told Ochaco.
"I hope not…those look so cute." The gravity girl said.
And sit and watch she did. She watched as the trio continued playing. Unfortunately despite her presence the tension in the room and the competiveness of the three soon became a little apparent. AFO kept spamming during the game and OFA kept complaining about it and Stock was starting to get very tired of the two.
"It's so weird. I remember playing this exact same game with Sensei growing up and he never spammed like that." Shigaraki noted. "Yes he did try and give me a somewhat normal childhood experience growing up." He said as he noted the members of the league stare at him.
"If I recall when you first attempted to spam that same character, Master was quick to tell you to stop. He seemed visibly shaken at the time." Kurogiri noted.
"Now now why don't I go and get us some snacks." Iris said as she got up.
"That would be nice." Stock answered while the continued to play.
However One for All had had quite enough of his brothers spamming and reach for a nearby throw pillow and tossed it at his brother. While his brother was momentarily distracted One for All stole the victory from him. "Hey no fair." All for One told him.
"Don't tell me this was the start of All for One's trip to the dark side?" All Might said in disbelief. If this was the cause he didn't know what he would do.
"No they weren't so petty." Flare answered.
"Not my fault you're such a noob." One for All repeated. All for One grabbed a nearby throw cushion and return the favour. It didn't take long before a throw cushion war started to break out. Unfortunately that war also had some casualties as Iris's plushies had soon gotten into the mix. Stock meanwhile was still sitting in the middle of the two hoping it would die down but it never did.
"So now they are throwing around the plushies." Momo noted.
"To think they go from this into fighting to death is kind of sad." Tsu said.
"Alright that's enough." Stock yelled as he clapped his hands channelling his power. He released a small shockwave pushing everything back. Unfortunately for him both brothers had thrown the plushies of Iris's big sister and Gege directly above him. The plushies were sent up into the ceiling where they struck the ceiling fun turning into nothing more than cloth and stuffing confetti.
"Oh no." Kirshima said. "That's so not cool."
"To bad she didn't use red stuffing." Toga noted. "At least then the consolation would have been it looked like a bloody mess."
It was only then did all three realize the mistake they had made. A tray was dropped with several snacks and drinks spilling out and all 3 boys could only look as they saw Iris standing there with tears in her eyes as all her hardwork was destroyed.
"And now she sees them." Dabi noted. "Well hopefully they get there lesson thought to them." He noted.
"Hey guys we're home." Gege's voice called.
"And we bought chineses." Another voice called. Before any of them could explain Iris ran out of the room slamming the door.
"We made Iris cry." Stock said as he paled.
"Wasn't he the same guy who wrestled an alligator…while in its mouth." Mt. Lady said.
"Yep." One for all said.
"We're dead." All for one answered. They all jumped when they heard the door open.
"Something is definitely wrong here." Nezu noted. "None of them should be acting like that all."
"Should I start writing your obituaries?" Gege asked from by the door. "Seriously what were you guys thinking?" She scolded.
"Well that's not morbid at all." Mina said.
"Um we weren't." Stock answered.
"Oh boys." A calm voice said.
Izuku, Tomura, Nana and All Might couldn't explain why but suddenly they felt shivers run through their entire body.
Appearing next to Gege was none other than Iris's older sister, Sadie. "I heard from Iris that you ruined the plushies she made earlier…is this true?" She asked.
"So this is her older sister." Nezu noted. "Something seems off."
"Well you see...tell her AFO." OFA said as he pushed his brother in front.
"Wait a minute, are they afraid of her?" Endeavour noted.
"There reactions seem to indicate so." Trueman answered.
"Um well technically…it was Stock's fault." All for One said as he pushed Stock in front.
"What…you're the ones who were throwing them around like rag dolls." Stock said.
"No one likes a sell-out." Dabi said.
"So you're all responsible." Sadie said. "May I know why you threw around and destroyed my sisters plushies?" Sadie asked calmly. Gege was already leaving the room, most likely to go and make Iris feel better.
"I don't see why they are scared. She seems very reasonable." One student commented.
"Well we um…we were getting frustrated while playing a game." One for All admitted nervously as he hid behind Stock.
"And now he's hiding behind Stock." Nezu noted.
"I see." Sadie said as she stepped in and closed the behind her locking it shut. "Well you see I'm very frustrated after me and Gege went out and now I had to learn that my little sister is crying." Sadie said calmly. "So you wouldn't mind if I think out my frustration on you three for my making my sweet, darling little sister cry." She said as she stared at them her eyes starting to glow a very unnatural red colour.
"Is it me or did room suddenly get colder?" Mic noted.
"I feel it too." Aizawa said.
"Um Mercy." All for One asked as he nervously stepped behind Stock.
"Now there both behind him."
"Sorry…I'm all out." Sadie said as she walked to them
The scene then fades out…
"NOOOOOOOOOO!" All three plushie destroyers screamed.
Everyone winced as they heard the three cry out.
Gege winced as she heard the wales of pain echo on the other side of the door.
"What the heck is she doing to them?" One of the heroes asked.
She was sitting by the table with Iris who was wearing a pair of headphones Sadie had given her, no doubt to block out the noise. Gege hoped that this didn't last too long though, although she wasn't going to say anything. Everyone knew you never made Iris cry for no stupid reason unless you wanted her sister to take you to hell.
"I think I just realized where All for One got his skills from." Shigaraki said. Even he was starting to feel uncomfortable hearing the screams of his master and his friends.
All Might was wincing as well. He had hated All for One with all his heart but even he did not wish this kind of suffering on his enemy especially when he was being shown a kid version of him.
Two hours passed and there was still no sign of the screaming stopping.
"They went for TWO HOURS!" Recovery girl noted. "That's some kind of stamina."
Gege had helped Iris make a new plushie of her and now Iris was making one for her big sis.
"Hey guys." A new voice called. Gege looked up from the table, still trying to get over the noise as she saw their new guest.
"Who's that?" They all wondered still feeling a little unsettled with screaming in the background.
"Oh hey Todoroki." She greeted.
"Wait did she say Todoroki." Mina said.
"Holy cow. Is that Shoto's ancestor?" Denki said.
Endeavour's eyes widened. He never expected he would see his family in these flashbacks or that his great great grandparents were associated with the symbol of evil.
Iris looked up from where she was sitting noticing the new comer before she jumped out of her seat.
"Hisashi." She greeted as she ran to meet him.
"Um did she just call him Hisashi?" Ochaco asked.
"That's just a coincidence right?" Izuku said as he turned to his mother.
"I have never met that man in my life." Inko said quickly, realizing what her son might ask.
"Hey little troublemaker." Hisashi greeted as he lifted the little girl up. "How are you doing?"
"I made a plushie of Gege." She said as she showed it to him.
"That's nice." He said as he took it. "It looks really cute. Just like Gege herself." He said with a chuckle as he glanced to the girl in question.
"Wow Todoroki picking up girls seems to be in his blood." Denki teased.
"I have no idea what you mean." Shoto answered.
"Don't let meanie Stock hear you say that or you'll be in big trouble." Iris said.
"Meanie Stock?" Hisashi said as he glanced at Gege. Iris explained to him what had happened how Stock and the boy had destroyed her first set of plushies before she resumed work. "Oh dear god." He said underneath his breath. "but wait..why is it so quiet?" Hisashi said as he glanced to Gege.
"Did the screaming just stop? How did we miss that?" Jirou asked.
"We were distracted with the new Todoroki." Mina answered.
It was only then did the girl realize after 2 long hours did the screaming finally stop. They then heard the door open, nervously they turned to glance only to be meant by a rather cheerful looking Sadie.
"Well she seems pleased with herself." Nezu said.
"What do you think happened to them?" Midnight wondered.
"Big sis." Iris said as she greeted her sister showing her the Gege plushie.
"That's lovely Iris. Why don't we go put it our room." Sadie said as they took the plushie and left.
"Anyone else scared to see what's inside." Twice said. Several students and even Present Mic raised there hands.
Gege and Hisashi turned to room where Stock, Afo and Ofa were still inside. Nervously they walked to the room. Opening the door they were pleasantly surprised to see the room looking spick and span, like the feather storm never happened in the first place and standing in the centre of the room were the three plushie destroyers.
"That's surprising."
"Yeah it's a bit anticlimactic to be honest."
"Um boys." Gege called.
"I must never throw Iris's plushies." Stock said with his eyes glazed over.
"I must never spam again." AFO answered in a similar state as was his brother.
"I must never lose my temper over a game." OFA answered.
Tomura's eyes widened. Suddenly Sensei's dislike for spamming made sense.
"Um hello anyone home." Hisashi said.
"I must never throw Iris's plushies." Stock repeated.
"I must never spam again." AFO repeated.
"I must never lose my temper over a game." OFA repeated.
"Did she…did she break them?" One of the teacher asked.
"Um Flare…what's Sadie' quirk?" Nezu asked.
"Short range teleportation." Flare answered.
"Wait that's it." Nezu said in surprise. Flare nodded. "Then that means…"
"Sadie did that without any special powers helping her." Flare finished.
Suddenly everyone felt a little more nervous. They had assumed that Sadie had used her quirk to do that to them, but her quirk didn't work like that. Whatever damage she did to them was all her own skill and technique.
"It's like they aren't even human anymore." Gege noted. The three of them just kept repeating the same phrase over and over again like zombies.
"This is creeping me out." Rappa said.
"I don't see any physical damage." Hisashi noted.
"Sadie knows how to use merciless force and never deal a damaging blow."
"That's…that's both impressive and terrifying." Toga said.
Gege said. "Still though." She mused. "I have an idea. Help me get them together." She told Hisashi as she moved Stock in front of the couch. Hisashi complied helping move and line up All for One on one side while One for All was put on the other.
"What now?" Hisashi asked.
"Make a small flame." Gege told him.
"Okay then." Hisashi said as he stood back. He opened his mouth and let a fire build up forming a small flame at the back of his throat.
"Okay now we have way too many coincidences." Mina said.
"I wonder if he's your great great great grandfather." Ochaco said.
"It's possible." Izuku noted.
Suddenly Gege set of an explosion in front of the boys pushing all three back into the couch.
"Well that's not exactly something I would recommend." Recovery girl noted. "For all we know she just made it worse."
"Ouch." They all winced before looking around.
"What happened?" All for One asked.
"You mean you don't remember." Gege noted.
"I'm trying to recall but every time my head just starts hurting like crazy." One for All answered.
"There all repressing the memories, just what did she do exactly?"
"I think it's better we don't know."
"Yeah I think it's for the best." Hisashi said.
"It probably is."
"Oh right." Stock said. "We have to go meet Iris and apologize for messing up her plushies." He realized.
"That's right and I have to promise not to get angry while playing games anymore." One for All said.
"And I have to stop spamming." All for One said as the three left the room, leaving only Gege and Hisashi.
"They don't remember what happened but they remember that." One student said in surprise.
"It's like she carved it into their souls." Hisashi said nervously as he watched them leave.
"Let's pray we never end up like that." Gege said.
"Wait did she…did she teach All for One that?" All Might realized.
"It would certainly explain how he rose to power so quickly."
"Well I'm glad you guys enjoyed it." Flare told him.
"You have a sick sense of enjoyment." Midnight said.
"I know." Flare answered.
"Still to think three people had to go through that." Momo said.
"Believe it or not, Sadie and Iris were the team's medics." Flare told them.
"Wait they were the medics." Recovery girl said in surprise. The students all looked at the nurse. They tried imagining Sadie in place of the sweet nurse they were used to and it just didn't seem to fit.
"Yeah. She was also the Team's special finisher." Flare explained. "Since the group acted outside of the law, they needed a way to keep their enemies down and since killing or capturing was out of the question, Sadie practically beat them into submission and killed whatever will to fight they had."
"And she thought All for One the same methods as well." Shigaraki said. He remembered his master's lessons; sometimes if you didn't need to kill someone, you just needed to stop them from fighting. Originally he thought that meant crippling them but now he saw what his master must have really meant. Despite having numbers and clear physical dominance all three of them were to terrified to attack. They lost the will to fight so it didn't matter if they physically able or not.
"Well that's all for now." Flare said.